What is a 'professional client'? Definition & meaning

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OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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